The Chipko Movement Arose to Resist What Environmentally Costly Practice

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Short Answer

The Chipko movement arose to resist what environmentally costly practice?

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Definitions:

Herbicides

Chemical substances used to control or kill unwanted plants (weeds).

Transgenic Organisms

Transgenic organisms have had genes from other species inserted into their genetic code, allowing them to express traits that are not naturally theirs.

Plant Cell

The basic structural and functional unit of plants, distinguished by having a cell wall, chloroplasts, and a central vacuole.

Embryos

Early developmental stages of multicellular organisms after fertilization and before birth or hatching.